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well after weeks of work with pepsi i can now stroke her pick her up she lifts her wings and likes getting stroked under them, she swings her head round and round which scares me abit cause it looks like its not attached some times lol but one thing still puzzles me with her is all that stops when people are in and she goes back to being very aggresive and biting unless its my mam or sister then she is all over them and still bites me she is not scared i dont think cause she will purposely go out of her way to bite curtain people that come in its as if she enjoys hunting them like my dad she will fly land on him walk up and go for his face, if he walks pasted the cage she will run at him and strike and she is fast reminds me of a snake when she strikes. not sure why she is like that is it that she doesnt like people in my house and blames me hence she bites me or is it something else. has anyone one else got this problem?

i use mostly unsented baby wipes and a bottle bush for those little bits that are hard to get to

awww i like tiels i have my CAG pepsi who i love to bits but my baby is my tiel charlie he lives with another tiel(bob) and a barraband (barry)and they can be very funny and affectionate but to be honest they are louder than pepsi when they start would lov to go to a bird fair but i dont know where they are here

pepsi has a grid at bottom of her cage so she cant get to the wood based cat litter i put in hers but then again she never seems to be in her cage, only to sleep.

hi had the same problem with my grey she wont eat any fruit of veg so what i have done is cut it up put it in blender so it looks like lumpy baby food and mixed it with her seed and she cant pick it out so she has to eat some of it at least and some s better than none and i have another bowl what i put fruit and veg in hoping she will eat it herself, dont know if this helps at all good luck

as i said earlier she wont eat fruit or veg well think i have sort of solved that just wanted to check that it is ok for her, now i soak the veg or fruit in hot water drain it then blend it so its like lumpy baby food then mix it with her seed and she cant seem to pick it out so she just eats the food but am still putting some fruit and veg in her other bowl in the hope that she starts eating it but just wanted to check that that would be ok for her, was working on the fact that some is better than none.thanks

well thought i was getting some where she was letting me stroke her all over, pick her up everything then i carried the washing basket through the living room she went mad few all over and crash landed i picked her up checked her over made sure she was ok removed the washing basket which no longer is allowed in the living room then my sister came to stay a few days now i cant go near her she attackes me when i pass the cage my sister was able to touch her straight away with no problems and she had stopped plucking and they were growing back now she is plucking again not really sure why she is plucking and its like she blames me for the washing basket but i didnt know only had her a few weeks can only assume someone has upset her with a washing basket any tips on how to get her to trust me . thanks for listening

i have just spent the last half hour petting pepsi all over her head, legs, feet and wings dont know why she suddenly let me but i kinda hope she dont change her mind tomorrow and decide i need my fingers removing from my hand and was not so kean on her spitting bits of food on me but from other posts i have read thats a good thing. it may seem like a small breakthrough but for me its amazing and a huge step forward and i dont think it would of happened if i had not got advice from u lot so thankyou sooooooo much sorry for going on just soo excited about it i think she starting to like me yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh:cheer:

she steps onto my arm no problem but once she is on thats when she decides that i need 4 or 5 really hard bites and sometimes a run up my arm and a bite out of my neck, the book i got says that they dont hold on when they bite but ohhh my god they do she is abit like a pit bull most of the time but then now and again not a problem, i think is has helped gettin my mother to ignore her when she visits and telling her NO NAUGHTY and putting her back in her cage and leaving room for 10 mins, she does not like being ignored. U are all vey helpful and friendly on this forum and id like to thank u all for yr help and am sure i will have many many more question in the future :blink:

today i took pepsi upstairs while i was on the computer ad let her sit with me, she sat there quite happy chewing bits of paper up but when i went to take her back down she stepped on my arm with no problem is removing her from the room where her cage is a good thing or will it make more problems also i am buyng a parrot stand will that be better for her through the day

she has ony had 2 interaction with my mother and both times all friendly and nice and have asked my mam when she visits my house to ignore her, but last night she was making this little chattering sound and let me stroke her head and back and she was turning round in circles and rubbing her head on my hand for about 3/4 minutes then she sunk her beak into my hand so i said no pepsi thats naughy and put her back in her cage turned away and left the room for 10 minutes and she bit me this morning but i think thats cause i didnt let her out of her cage cause repair man is comin being as she like to fly across room and sometimes bite didnt think it was wise incase she bit him. i dont understand her she has these little moments where u think she is make progress then wham here comes the bite. you have all gave great advice and im grateful and will keep trying and educating myself and if u think of anything else to help that would be welcomed. thankyou

i did alot of reading b4 i got her but did not expect to get one that doesnt like fruit or veg but thought well in time she will eat it. her cage is quite big she has plenty of toys 1 water bowl 1 feed bowl and 1 treatbowl and the cage is in the living room beside my couch she climbs down and speaks to me for a bit cause she can talk loads everytime i leave room u hear "you who where u gone" but then after a chat she just strikes at me and if she gets a good grip holds on. most of the time theres just me there i have 2 kids who are either out or upstairs on the playstation but when they do come in the room straight away he starts chatting with them, and the owner who had her b4 the pet shop from what i can make out was an older man who has died i think and the bird got passed around family abit then the pet shop and she took him home and worked wth him abit cause he picked a few feathers which are growing back in but she said she had never bitten her, but i will keep trying cause even though she likes a pound of my flesh each time im near her i still love her shes got a very funny personality

pepsi is about 5yr got her from pet shop they had her 4 weeks told me her owners only fed her on sunflower seed she wont try fruit altho im putting it in every day by fruit i mean wont eat dried or fresh or veg. as for being bitten at first i just took it and said no naughty and i have littleholes all over my hands and arm she lets me stroke her and acts all nice so i lift her out of cage once out she bites me with real aggession and they are getting harder and holding on and abit much to take yet nothing like that with me mother who has only went to her twice and i cant find a treat that she will except cause mny of the web pages i have been on say find a fav treat and use it as reward any help would be great i dont want to become scared of her but she does scare me not 10 min ago she ran up me arm andtried to bite my face with her wings open

hi i bought an CAG on friday and i understand that pepsi will bite me many many times and it takes time but would like a little advice on how to deal with it as she took to my mother straight away and she can stroke her all over and pick her up after only a couple of visits and today the neihbours popped in for a cuppa and she got straight on her hand with no bites with me she walks all the way round her cage climbs on the couch and sinks her beak into me and she means it feathers ruffled and everything but i tried to leave the room last night and she had a fly over and landed on my shoulder she seems to enjoy biting me cause she laughs afterwards lol